Hippocrates

see the diseases as consequence of the imbalance of the one or more humor The anatomical theory of the disease is in conflict with humoral theory. Anatomical theory is the study of the pathology and the symptoms of the patient connected together. Hippocrates said that anatomy is the foundation of the medicine. (Sharp, 2007). The discovered the blood flow through the whole body. With this discovery he believed that the blood could carry diseases to all over the…

The father of medicine, Hippocrates, included in his initial oath that “I will give no deadly medicine to anyone if asked, nor suggest any such counsel (Greek Medicine).” Most medical schools now utilize a modernized oath that was drafted in 1948 in response to issues such as euthanasia…

Hippocrates also believed in holistic medicine which has helped guide modern Europe and America into natural medicines such as homeopathy, naturopathy, and chiropractics. Hippocrates also developed the patient driven method of treatment. This method requires that you first observe the patient, you then make the diagnosis, treat the patient…

over the years. It first started with illness being described as a punishment from the gods. In the 5th century B.C.E, some people were trying to find out what created sickness and whether or not illness was a punishment from the gods. A man named Hippocrates believed that the reason for illness had natural causes. He had changed the way of how many people thought about medicine. Greek doctors looked for symptoms that caused the diseases and looked towards scientific questions. Some of the major…

Q.1.1 Claudius Galenus, or Galen (129 – c. 216 AD), was an important and influential Greek physician in the Roman Empire. He is credited with laying out a new standard in medicine that had considerable influence on medical practice for more than a millennium (Cook, 2015). The letters exchanged between Peter the Venerable, an abbot of a monastery at Cluny (in France) and Bartholomaeus, a physician, date back to the year 1150, a time when Galenic ideas in medicine were being practiced and followed…

swear by Apollo the healer” (Chadwick and Mann). The close relation between gods and medicine continue as the oath goes on. Following the oath was entering into a covenant with gods and deviating from it would risk divine retribution. In the oath, Hippocrates reveals that the medical practices and religion go hand in hand in the ancient Greek society. However, in modern society medical practices and religion clash. For example, with issues like abortion, assisted suicide and practices in the war…

This treatment was used for treating severe abnormal behavior by allowing a hole for the evil spirits to escape from. Later during the time of Hippocrates, abnormal behavior was connected to fluids inside the body. Hippocrates believed that an imbalance of fluids known as humors resulted in abnormal behavior. In order to treat the imbalance, Hippocrates used lifestyle choices, such as diet and…

Although more than half of the United States does not believe in legalizing physician-assisted suicide, five states have already legalized this assistance, which is causing a huge ethical debate in the medical world (“State-by-State Guide to Physician-Assisted Suicide,” n.d.). People who are in favor of physician-assisted suicide are arguing for the respect of autonomy, individual liberty, and compassion. In contrast, people who are not in favor of physician-assisted suicide are arguing for the…

revised to accommodate today’s society. In general, it has been deemed antithetical to uphold an oath that was derived by Christian’s, Jews, and Muslims. It goes against the right to not be forced into a belief by any religious group or denomination. Hippocrates, who wrote the original oath, did not make any moral statement about whether PAS was right or wrong. In regards to the quoted “do no harm”, does doing “no harm” mean that life should be prolonged even if the patient is in pain and feels…

There are many forms of Euthanasia which include; newborns with severe birth defects, people with painful disorders but are not dying, and adults who are in their final stages of a terminal illness. There is also passive and active euthanasia, passive euthanasia is when a patient stops taking lifesaving medications which would eventually cause them to die. Active euthanasia is when you are actually terminating a person’s life. I will be focusing on active euthanasia for adults who are in their…